PEOPLE EX REL. ARAMBURU v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Gen. No. 50,310.

73 Ill. App.2d 184 (1966)

219 N.E.2d 548

The People of the State of Illinois, on the Relation of Victor B. Aramburu, et al., and Said Relators on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, and Sidney D. Smith, Acting Commissioner of Buildings, Department of Buildings of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Fourth Division.

July 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson, Colmar, De Pree, La Varre & Fitzgerald, of Chicago (Howard J. De Pree, of counsel), for appellants.

Raymond F. Simon, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Sydney R. Drebin and Marsile J. Hughes, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), for appellees.

Anthony S. Zummer, of Chicago, for Consulting Engineers Association of Illinois, Chicago Chapter of Illinois Society of Professional Engineers, amicus curiae.

Marvin W. Mindes, of Chicago (Stephen A. Schiller, of counsel), for Chicago Chapter, American Institute of Architects, amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court.

An action was brought by the plaintiffs for a writ of mandamus to command the City of Chicago and Sidney D. Smith, Acting Commissioner of Buildings, City of Chicago, to do certain acts alleged to be required under an ordinance of the City of Chicago. The complaint asks first for a declaratory judgment to declare the rights and other legal relations of the plaintiffs and defendants created by reason of the statutory...

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